'Special' eating habits that grate on your last nerve- habits people have that really bug you

BlunderWoman

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The 'ketchup' thread made me think of this.

My sister's husband slathered everything in ketchup. It went on his eggs in the morning- it went on just about everything. You could spend hours perfecting a meal only to watch that guy drench the entire thing in ketchup.
This kind of thing is a real blow to a cooks ego & if a cook loves the attention they get from people enjoying what they have cooked ..then people like 'ketchup man' sitting at their table covering their masterpiece in a layer of ketchup gravy can be very annoying. Turns out his mother burned all their dinners when they were growing up.

I have a son in law that I adore. He's like a son to me. He has one habit though that makes me twitch...he covers almost everything on his plate in ranch dressing. He brings a giant bottle of ranch dressing when he comes to dinner. He leaves bottles of ranch dressing here just in case he gets caught out without it . This guys mother was also not a very good cook, so I'm wondering if these people just developed these habits in self defense :D I love my son in law, but the ranch dressing thing all over everything is hard to watch when you have slaved over dinner.

Any eating habits that annoy you?
 

RadishRose said:
Scooping up food onto a fork by pushing it on with the finger of the other hand. Use the knife!
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When we were kids my sister used her left thumb to push all her food into her fork or spoon. My father had retired from the military and was a cop at that time. One Sunday he actually hand cuffed her left hand to the chair to try and make her eat without using her left thumb. A few minutes later we looked up only to see she had wriggled her hand out and was using that thumb . My dad said " I give up". :D She doesn't do this anymore, but she couldn't seem to stop when she was a child.
 
This doesn't necessarily irritate me but what do you think about people that are totally anal about letting foods touch on their plate? I never could figure that one out.
 
I actually have members of the family who smell their food before they eat it. My Mom use to tell me we aren't dogs,we don't smell our food before we eat it. A remark that drives me nuts is when someone comes into your home and you are cooking,for example, cabbage or something with vinegar and they say,it stinks in here. Not everything smells fantastic during preparation but the outcome can be delicious.
 
People who chew with their mouth open just grates on me. That was a big no-no when I was a kid and I can't stand it when I see people doing it, or making loud chewing sounds while eating.
 
Radishrose, I never saw anyone use a knife to push food onto the fork until I started watching these chefs tasting food on tv. We were taught to use bread to help with that. And the fork is used in the dominant hand to pick up the food, not stab it upside down with the other hand. It works very well seen on tv but looks like you're loaded for bear with tools in both hands as they seem to never be set down. Lol. Just saying. Radishrose, when did you learn to use the knife in this way? I'm very curious as I was raised in the country and didn't get much etiquette training.
 
I agree with the folks that carry there own ketchup or dressing.

My youngest had a boyfriend that carried a bottle of hot sauce. The first time he came to eat with us he whipped out his bottle and poured it all over some good steaks. I told him I was insulted,he replied that he put it on everything. Next time he pulled the bottle out I snatched it from his hand poured it out and banished him from my table.

He never came around again. Daughter was peeved at me,but she got over it in time.
 
People who put their face down close to their plate to shovel the food in instead of lifting the fork or spoon to their mouth. Also hate "noisy" eaters and open mouth chewers and people who talk and eat at the same time. Oh dear, sounds like I'm a little fussy.
 
dearimee said:
Radishrose, I never saw anyone use a knife to push food onto the fork until I started watching these chefs tasting food on tv. We were taught to use bread to help with that. And the fork is used in the dominant hand to pick up the food, not stab it upside down with the other hand. It works very well seen on tv but looks like you're loaded for bear with tools in both hands as they seem to never be set down. Lol. Just saying. Radishrose, when did you learn to use the knife in this way? I'm very curious as I was raised in the country and didn't get much etiquette training.
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Dearimee, when did I learn to use a knife in this way? I guess since I learned how to eat, lol. We only use the knife that way if the we have trouble getting the food onto the fork. Using bread is also fine. Not fingers, is all I'm saying, in response to the original question.
 
i have 3 relitives that come over 2 times a year (to eat) they are on their phones the whole time they are here even when they are eating--i guess they are looking for sales---i think i spelled relatives wrong
 
Bobw235 said:
People who chew with their mouth open just grates on me. That was a big no-no when I was a kid and I can't stand it when I see people doing it, or making loud chewing sounds while eating.
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YEP. My mother in law. I told her I was going to break out the Duct Tape.
 
My parents used to smoke while eating ,then put their cigs out in the leftover food on their plate. Disgusting. We lived with my grandparents growing up . Their dentures never fit right and they chewed with their mouth open. I remember taking my food and eating it somewhere else. CLACK CLACK CLACK .. dentures clacking while they ate. I couldn't stand it. I Still freak out when I hear a similar noise. I also hate it when people examine their food ...push it around on their plate trying to pick out every ingredient and eating only what they like~~~ ugh !!
 
I also hate it when people push their food around on their plate. Don't know why it bugs me, but all that pushing, stirring, arranging... argh. Just EAT.
 
Sitting near a "Glutton" in a restaurant, quickly ruins my appetite if I glance at him/her shoveling food into their mouths as quickly as they can swallow it.
 
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